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The Essential T.S. Eliot

By: T. S. Eliot
Narrated by: T. S. Eliot, Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, Meghan O'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, Emily Jungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith, Nicole Sealey, Jorie Graham, Kevin Young
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A selection of the most significant and enduring poems from one of
the twentieth century’s major writers, chosen and introduced by Vijay Seshadri, performed by T.S. Eliot,
Vijay Seshadri, Daniel Halpern, Willem Dafoe, Natasha Trethewey, Meghan
O'Rourke, Natalie Diaz, Frank Bidart, Joy Harjo, Rosanna Warren, Emily
Jungmin Yoon, Tracy K. Smith, Nicole Sealey, Jorie Graham, Kevin Young, Louise
Glück, Eileen Myles, Carol Muske-Dukes, Campbell McGrath, Robert Hass, and
Monica Youn.


T.S. Eliot was a towering figure in
twentieth century literature, a renowned poet, playwright, and critic whose
work—including “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (1915), The Waste Land
(1922), Four Quartets (1943), and Murder in the Cathedral (1935)—continues to
be among the most-read and influential in the canon of American
literature.


The
Essential T.S. Eliot collects Eliot’s
most lasting and important poetry in one career-spanning audiobook, with an
introduction from Vijay Seshadri, one of our foremost poets.


PERFORMER TABLE OF CONTENTS


Introduction by Vijay Seshadri: Vijay Seshadri


La Figlia che Piange: T.S. Eliot


Portrait of a Lady: Daniel Halpern


Preludes: T.S. Eliot


Rhapsody on a Windy Night: Meghan O'Rourke


Mr. Apollinax: Natalie Diaz


The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock: Frank Bidart


Gerontion: Joy Harjo


Dans le Restaurant: Rosanna Warren


Whispers of Immortality: Emily Jungmin Yoon


The Waste Land: Willem Dafoe and Tracy K. Smith


The Hollow Men: Nicole Sealey


Ash Wednesday: Jorie Graham


Marina: Kevin Young


Journey of the Magi: Louise Gluck


Coriolan: Eileen Myles


Choruses from “The Rock”:
I, III, IV, VII: Carol Muske-Dukes
(III, VII) and Natasha Trethewey (I, IV)


Old Deuteronomy: Campbell McGrath


Sweeney Agonistes: Vijay Seshadri and Rosanna Warren


From Four Quartets: Burnt Norton; Little Gidding:
Robert Hass


Tradition and Individual Talent: Monica Youn


Text from Collected Poems, 1909-1962:Copyright 1930, 1940, 1941,
1942, 1943, 1963 by T.S. Eliot; Copyright 1954, 1956, 1959, 1963 by Thomas
Stearns Eliot; Copyright renewed 1958, 1962, 1964 by Thomas Stearns
Eliot; Copyright 1934, 1936 by Harcourt Brace & Company; Copyright 1948 by
Faber & Faber Limited; Copyright renewed 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1982,
1984, 1991 by Esme Valerie Eliot; Text from Old Possum’s Book of Practical
Cats: Copyright 1939 by T.S. Eliot; Copyright renewed 1967 by Esme Valerie
Eliot.


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As an English major, I thought Eliot's poetry would be so much greater. The Waste Land was good but not exactly what I hoped it would be. He is a great poet but his work was underwhelming.

Was hoping for more

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This production isn't just excellent; it's important.

Seshadri's introduction is an extraordinarily deep and insightful reflection on Elliot which deserves to be listened to more than once.

He has assembled many of the most famous poets living in the United States today as readers. Poets are not always great readers of poetry, but even when they are not, their readings often give insight into their own interpretations of the poems. When Frank Bidart says " Let us GO, and make our visit," his emphasis makes me understand a line from Prufrock, which I have loved for 30 years, in a new way.

On the other hand, the poet Campbell McGrath is perhaps the best reader of poetry I've ever heard in my life. I heard him read once in person and he is simply a knockout.

I wrote a paper on Louise Gluck once which left me afraid of her ruthless austerity, and her reading of The Gift of the Magi here did not alter my feeling.

The only incompetent reading here is by the publisher, who steps in to read one poem, I'm sorry to say.

I prefer the early, hopeless, not yet religious Eliot to the later myth-soaked poet of The Wasteland or the conservative Anglican of Four Quartets, but this is an exemplary collection which does important scholarly work of its own.

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This collection provides an excellent assortment of Eliot’s most important works enhanced by the reading of the poems by some of our best Poets. As with any group of artists, some do a better job of interpretation than others but overall the quality of the readings is quite good. Very enjoyable. Five Stars. *****

As the Title Says: Essential

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some things cannot be felt by amatuers. Try being in "The Shit" before reading this. . .

Missed the point of "The hollow men".

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